Chartism (North East)
What can we learn from local and national archive collections about the methods employed by the Chartists in the North East of England?
In this workshop students will use a variety of documents including official letters, pamphlets, transcripts of speeches and newspaper articles to explore the methods employed by the Chartists in the North East of England. They will learn about prominent Sunderland Chartists, George Binns and James Williams and about public meetings, speeches and disturbances in Sunderland and Newcastle.
Connections to the curriculum:
KS5
- Edexcel: GCE History, Option 1D, Britain, c1785-c1870: democracy, protest and reform
- OCR: GCE History A, Unit Y110, British Period Study and enquiry: Peel: Britain 1783-1853
- AQA: GCE History, Unit 2M: Wars and Welfare: Britain in Transition, 1906-1957
Contact Us
All activities must be booked in advance.
This session is delivered as a:
Workshop
at the Discovery Museum
2 hours
Online Workshop
via Zoom
1 hour (or one lesson)
Workshop
in your classroom (schools must be located within a 40-mile radius of Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
1 hour (or one lesson)